But then, it's in the opinion section, where a little license for excitability is assumed. The body, however, wasn't all that radical. The article detailed well-known facts about harassment and hate crimes directed at Muslims and people whom the ignorant tend to mistake for Muslim, like the Sikhs. The tone of the editorial was somewhat angry and very denunciatory, but hey, I don't much approve of the situation either. I'd probably use harsher language if I got up on my soapbox on that subject.

I don't want to become a defender of Al Jazeera. An American reporter quit a couple of years back complaining of anti-American sentiment, so maybe it's there among the staff. I can only testify to what I know from first-hand experience reading and watching AJ: It's just another news organization, not some kind of "terrorist network". I calls 'em as I sees 'em.